Improving aesthetics meets an aesthetic need. Sure, another 12 oz won't make a practical difference on a heavy bike, but the point is, there's not practical reason for it, with the qualifications already described. It's like adding a 12 oz mascot made of chromed steel to a specially braced front fender: aesthetics only. One can wear a 1 lb weight around one's waist; no practical difference, but there's certainly no structural reason for doing so.
On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 10:09 AM ted <ted.ke...@comcast.net> wrote: > Unless nobody ever looks at it, I'd argue that improving aesthetics **is** > a practical purpose. > I also suspect that in many situations an extra 1/2 lb in the total bike + > rider + stuff (e.g. bags, tools, spares, cloths, water, food, etc) weight > is imperceptible, and therefore not a practical (as opposed to theoretical) > detriment. > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgt8LNW0Ab0-KPBRLr%2B5b4qdx43BNR_TV86obNF7BA5uTA%40mail.gmail.com.
